The Help~(Completed♡)

Awkward

Damon's P.O.V.

The car was quiet and awkward.

"Wanna get chinese?", I asked eventually. She nodded, smiling a little,

"Yeah." We went back to a slightly more comfortable silence for a minute. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry for things you can't control."

"I'm not. I'm sorry for how I treated you and how I acted because of things I can't control." I smiled softly,

"It's okay." I paused, "Sometimes I wonder if I'm raising you guys the right way or if you're gonna be fucked up adults because of stuff I did or taught you. But stuff like that makes me think I'm doing something right."

"I think so too. You took on raising me and Rowan as your own before you were even an adult for long. You're doing the best you can and it's more than enough. A lot of parents don't even treat their kids like you treat us."

"I know. That's what I worry about. I wanna be your brother and your parent and your friend but I don't know how to be all of those people without them contradicting the others."

"We don't need you to be all those people. We just need you to be yourself. You are our best friend and our brother and sometimes you're our parents too. It just depends on the day and what's going on. You're good at all of it. And I think having the kids helps you with the parent part now. A big brother is like a third parent anyways, you're just the only one."

"So, you guys don't feel like I'm fucking you up."

"No.", she laughed a little, "I think mom and dad fucked us up. You've done everything you can to fix what they did and raise us better. They did a lot of damage in a few years."

"I know. I wish I'd taken you guys sooner. I'd rather have raised you both from the day you were born than let them hurt you guys. Raising you and Ro has been the best decision of my life."

"Good. We'd be dead without you."

"I-I know." I sighed, "Listen, I know it's awkward, but you can talk to me about this stuff. I am your parent too."

"I-I know. And it's not that I don't trust you or something, it's just new and weird and you don't understand."

"I know. But I can still try and help you. And Rosa and Ellie are always around for you to talk to. If you don't wanna talk to me, you can always talk to them and they can tell me stuff for you."

"Okay bubba." She paused, messing with her hands, "Am-Am I still your baby?"

"Literally forever. You can't get out of that one." Soon enough, she wouldn't want that.

"Good." Good.

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"Jason, glasses off please.", I scolded as I went to the board. The dark headed boy adjusted the big, dramatic glasses,

"Awe, c'mon teach. I'm not hurting anyone!" I rolled my eyes,

"And I appreciate that Jason. But you can't wear them in school.", I said, giving him the look. He sighed,

"Fine, fine. I get it." He slowly took them off, looking down and leaning his head on his hand. He glanced at me, a begging look behind his black eye. I paused for a second before continuing with the lesson.

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"Jason, hang back a sec.", I called when the bell rang. He did so, sighing,

"Look, I'm fine. I don't need to talk about it Stines."